crane
noun
[ kreɪn ]
• a large, tall machine used for moving heavy objects by suspending them from a projecting arm or beam.
• "a dockside crane"
crane
verb
• stretch out one's body or neck in order to see something.
• "she craned forward to look more clearly"
• move (a heavy object) with a crane.
• "the wheelhouse module is craned into position on the hull"
Origin:
Middle English: figuratively from crane2 (the same sense development occurred in the related German Kran and Dutch kraan (see crane2), and in French grue ). The verb dates from the late 16th century.
crane
noun
• a tall, long-legged, long-necked bird, typically with white or grey plumage and often with tail plumes and patches of bare red skin on the head. Cranes are noted for their elaborate courtship dances.
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kraan and German Kran, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin grus and Greek geranos .
